We’re in the dark of the Moon today, just hours away from an Aries New Moon. As we wrap up one lunar month and prepare for the next, it’s a time to get quiet and reflect, especially since we’re coming off of last month’s solar eclipse. What ended? What began?
An Aries New Moon is a new beginning as well as a new astrological season. It’s all about Mars — action, leadership, forward movement, the first stirrings of life after winter. But Mars is in Taurus and Venus is retrograde. Our new beginnings have been a bit of a mixed bag. As much as we want to move forward, we have to sort out some things from the past.
The Aries New Moon will be exact on March 27, 10:57 pm EDT, 7 degrees Aries.
Question: how much play do you give Natal Houses in your New/Full Moon readings? If the New Moon is in Aries, does having Aries on my 8th House cusp mean much, or is that too deep in the weeds?
It’s not deep in the weeds. The new and full moons each month, and the houses they activate, are your own personal clock for you to know what time it is and what to focus on. In your case, the new lunar chapter is 8th House in nature, a theme that will unfold over the coming four weeks.
But when I write my lunar report I’m not using solar houses in my interpretation if that is what you are asking.
No, I wasn’t asking about solar houses. More trying to figure out a technique for applying a New Moon reading to my personal life. Looking at the House ruled by the sign the Moon is in was the first step, which you said was valid. The next reasonable step seems to me to be looking at where Mars is in my Natal chart, since Mars rules Aries…
I’ve played with this stuff on a surface level for a long time, and I’ve even put together (by hand calculation–shudder!–until I found WinStar) natal charts for people, but lack the confidence to do much more than that…I appreciate that it does the math, but it feels like the little info that the program gives on each Planet/Sign/House is too shallow. So I guess what I’m getting around to is asking whether you teach classes on how to be an astrologer. I really like your style.
Yes, every transit, every lunation will echo back to the natal placement. But start with finding the house that the degree of the new or full moon falls in and what house the ruler activates, if it activates natal aspects as well. That’s how you will have a rough idea of how life is unfolding every lunar month. The sun and the moon weave our reality each month. There’s a collective experience based on the sign and aspects and a person experience based on how the natal chart is activated.
Thank you! I do teach classes. I do a monthly mentorship call, but I may be discontinuing or putting on hold until I can come up with a new program or format.